Markus Amm was born on 1969 in Emsdetten, Germany, Currently Lives and works in London. Finding Neverland featuring Markus Amm Patricia Low Contemporary is delighted to present a group of five emerging young German artists in a show named Finding Neverland. It features Markus Amm, Hansjörg Dobliar, Oliver Voss, Nicole Wermers and Claudia Wieser, most of them are showing in Switzerland for the first time. Finding Neverland is organized by German guest curator, Juliane von Herz, who lives in Frankfurt.

The exhibition includes large-format paintings, installations, drawings, collages and sculpture – many of which are new productions for the show. The title Finding Neverland is borrowed from the famous dreamland story of Peter Pan, but is not to be mistaken as a theme for a neo-romantic show. On the contrary, Neverland in the context of this group show stands for the search of the unlimited space behind or around the object, for the constant exploration of Geometric Abstraction and excursions (or Peter Pan-like flight back) into Constructivism, Op Art and Minimalism.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2006

o The Breeder, Athens

o Galerie Karin Guenther, Hamburg

o David Kordansky Gallery, LA

2005

o Herald Street, London

2003

o Späte Blätter, Galerie Karin Guenther, Hamburg

o Ladybird, Gastatelier Goldbekhaus, Hamburg

2002

o Projektraum vier5, Fiedler/Reichert, Frankfurt/M.

o Galerie Karin Guenther, Hamburg

2001

o Galerie Karin Guenther, Hamburg

o Galerie 45, Fiedler /Reichert, Frankfurt (with Kerstin Stoll)

o Katsura, KX Kampnagel, Hamburg

o Post, Galerie Nomadenoase/Golden Pudel Club, Hamburg

2000

o Die MandarinEmphase, HfbK, Hamburg

Conclusions:

Markus Amm’s exhibitions include large-format paintings, installations, drawings, collages and sculpture – many of which are new productions for the show. Finding Neverland featuring Markus Amm Patricia Low Contemporary is delighted to present a group of five emerging young German artists in a show named Finding Neverland.The title Finding Neverland is borrowed from the famous dreamland story of Peter Pan, but is not to be mistaken as a theme for a neo-romantic show.

What to Do Next…

If you want any information about Markus Amm or looking for his paintings please visit us on http://www.saatchi-gallery.co.uk/artists/markus_amm.htm

“The agentic state – people allow others to direct their actions and then pass off the responsibility for the consequences to the person giving the orders” Milgram (1974).

To many adults, escaping from work is simply spending time without ‘the man’ telling them what to do. It can be safely argued that the vast majority of adults are naturally opposed to the level of control they are subjected to in the workplace, however necessary that control often is. Even when a kindly boss delivers orders in a courteous manner, a strong desire for autonomy remains.

When I used to play conkers, marbles, army, snowball fighting or sliding on schoolyard ice, it was with a degree of autonomy combined with roughly agreed rules where infringement of those rules were met with a collective justice of my young peers. Wrong and right were self taught and self learnt as a consequence of everyday experiences without the controlling influence of adults. These are the generation who grew into adults with a respect for authority but also a fear of it. Blind obedience under the harsh glare of authority has been evident throughout history, and the consequences have been horrific. Eventually, people who have been allowed to develop and learn for themselves, that all important sense of right and wrong, have been victorious.

Nowadays, in the absence of conkers, marbles and other frightfully dangerous activities, and in the midst of test targeted pressure learning in the classroom, you would think that children would be allowed to at least be able to govern themselves on the sports field. Alas, the grown up perception of ‘success’ has stretched its ugly tentacles to creep into the foundations of even that pure bastion.

Some months ago, I was asked to supervise and accompany a group of Year 3s to an indoor cricket tournament. Due to a pod mix up, our children had been trained prior to the competition – in hockey. Not to be deterred, the general brief I gave our budding cricketers was hit the ball, run have fun. Now quick cricket grants the rival teams 200 runs apiece. We finished with a score just under 200 due to the fact that despite their (our) lung bursting and glorious runs between the wickets, we inevitably fell victim to ‘stumping’ and the consequential six run deductions. Nevertheless, smiles on rosy cheeks was the order of the day and children were justly proud of their efforts. Then came your school.

In contrast to my own jumping around and cheering, the other team’s coaches sat static and stony faced. Initially I put it down to some form of professionalism or not getting carried away with their own performance (which I thought, given that particular team and cricket, would put fear in the opposition). Before the first over was in fact over however, I (and thankfully not my team of 8 year olds) soon understood the reason for the aforementioned stony fizzogs.

Guilt cannot be disguised easily by decent folk (and so I know your staff are decent folk). But something in the ‘got to please the man’ system has gone sadly awry. Each and every single time a (other school) batsman put plastic willow to plastic leather, their trained feet remained planted and they did not run.

Thus no runs were conceded and they ‘won’ the game.

But smiley faces and rosy cheeks were not in attendance.

A cached link or a page is a temporarily stored HTML web documents and data such as images, pages, and content in order to lower the bandwidth usage and the server’s loading time to fetch the requested web page. The web cache system saves millions of copies of documents that pass through it on a daily basis. Once a user requests a particular page, which would normally be previously stored in the cache, it would be loaded way much faster than the first time. A cache system can be either a server such as Google cache system or a computer program.

When we surf the web, our browsers usually save a copy of those visited web pages in a cache system in order to speed up the process of retrieving data, from the browser’s cache where it was stored, rather than fetching it from its original source.

What Do Google Cached Pages Mean?

Running a search on Google would often come up with “Cached” pages. Google cached pages are page snapshots taken by Google and saved when the bots actually last crawled a particular web page and indexed it. Users are informed that they are seeing a cached page snapshot followed by the day it was captured.

How Do I Check Cached Pages On Google?

Google cached pages can be easily reached by clicking on that green arrow, as shown in the screenshot below, next to the page URL. Once you click on “Cached,” you will be redirected to a different version of a page which Google usually saves it as a backup when it visited the site and crawled its content the last time.

How Do I Find Google Cached Pages?

When you visit a particular website but the request returns a page error or an inaccessible page, you would normally be suggested to view a “saved copy” of the web page you landed on. Chrome would display an option of “Show Saved Copy” button when the browser fails to load the page.

If you want to remove a cached content like snippets or pictures that still be found in search results and you do no longer want people to see it, then all you have to do is to submit your request by using Google’s Webmaster Tools.

Despite the fact that the titles and the URL of the cached page will still be seen, Google will delete the snippet and the cached page from the search results.

However, if you want to restrict a specific page from being cached by Google, you may want to place the tag below into the

meta name=”ROBOTS” content=”NOARCHIVE,NOODP,NOYDIR”

Why Do I Need To View A Cached Page?

Due to the fact that several websites change quite often, their cached versions might be much different from the existent page you have visited from the search results. In fact, it probably is useless to view an out-of-date web page, but there are specific situations where both of website visitors and developers find viewing cached pages advantageous and useful such as:

When a website does not load or no longer available, you can still view the cached copy stored in Google archives.

When a website made has dramatically changed, a cached copy would be useful to quickly find your pertinent and familiar content.

Although the cached web page is not frequently updated, it would load way too much faster than the usual page, which is an advantage for slow internet users.

For SEO purposes, seeing a cached page in text-only version permits you as a developer to find out the way Google bots crawl and index the pages, which would act as an advantage to enhance the content for targeted keywords as well as other elements.

Expiring promos and special discount offers might still exist in cached pages and hence you still can catch up and benefit.

Eventually, Google’s cache is such a useful feature which can assist not only the visitors but also the developers in finding, viewing and/or removing a particular web page content.

First lets explore the water views. Some water views are limited to the San Diego Bay, while others if high enough will also have a view of the Pacific Ocean. Depending on where the building is in downtown San Diego, your view will vary dramatically depending on which floor you are on. If for example you are in the Marina District facing South, you will need to be on the 10th floor or higher to have a view of the water over the convention center. The buildings in the Marina District this applies to are the Horizons condos, Pinnacle condos, Cityfront Terrace condos, Renaissance condos and the Harbor Club condos.

In the Marina District and Columbia District buildings facing West these all have unobstructed water views now from anything but the lowest floors. However, that western water view will change dramatically over the next 10 years. The buildings that will be affected include, Pinnacle, Renaissance, Park Place, Electra, Grande Bayside condos. The western waterfront will undergo a massive construction project that will include several hotels, office buildings, etc that will obstruct the current unobstructed water views. However, there will still be view corridors as there currently are regarding the Southern water view (between the four hotels along the water). So in the end the western water views will be similar to the current southern water views.

What about city views? Almost every high rise condo building in downtown San Diego that has a great water view will also have great city views looking east. Be careful when picking out a unit as some buildings are so close that your view is obstructed by the building across the street. These are the hardest units to sell because everyone looking in a high rise building wants a great view so the discount you see on the price today relative to the prime view units will also be experienced when you go to sell the unit.

This leads me to the last category, what about buildings with both a great water view and a great city view. In choosing a condo in San Diego that has both views you need to be very careful because these buildings are often located in the middle of the city with the risk of more buildings blocking their water views. Fortunately there are very view lots left to build a high rise condo building on and those have already been spoken for and artist renderings are available for the future building. So there is not much mystery there, perhaps the only mystery is when will it actually get built.

Getting back to naming names, the buildings with the best water and city views from the same unit (not say a west facing unit and an east facing unit, but one unit) are The Mark Condominiums in the East Village. This also has one huge, huge bonus, a view directly in the playing field at Petco Park where the San Diego Padres play baseball. You have to be on roughly the 20th floor & up to get that view into the playing field. Another great choice of water and city views is the Electra condos, primarily the SE corner units.

In summary, here are the best buildings to buy a condo in San Diego if you want a great view in order. This list was written in 2009 but with a long term view out the next 10 years after future construction is built up.

1. The Metropolitan condos (unobstructed views of bay, ocean and city, even low floors).

2. The Mark condos (water, city and ballpark).

3. Bayside condos (unobstructed water views to the West & city views to the North).

4. Harbor Club condos (unobstructed water views, 10th floor & up)

5. Mi Arbolito condos (built at the highest elevation of all condos, 360 degree views of Balboa Park, Bay, City and Mountains).

In Judaism and Christianity death is an enemy and is related to sin. It is the outgrowth of human rebellion. Because of Adam’s and Eve’s rejection of God’s command, people have been appointed to die. Early Old Testament writings indicate that the body decayed and the soul ceased to be (Pss. 6:5; 88:10-12). Later, in the writings of the prophets, there was hope of resurrection (Isa. 26:19; Dan. 12:12). In the New Testament resurrection is not just a hope; it is a reality attested by the reality of Jesus’ resurrection (John 5:28-29; 1 Cor. 15:1-32).

In the New Testament death is contrasted to life so that time and eternity have different dimensions. In life there is conflict; in eternity there is harmony. In life there is strife; in eternity there is peace. In life and eternity there are other contrasting qualities such as work versus rest, search versus discovery, suffering versus wholeness, faith versus doubt, yearning versus fulfillment, and imperfection and brokenness versus wholeness. In eternity there is no separation, and knowledge is complete.

These qualities are to be attained at the resurrection, which is to occur at the establishment of the new order. Souls are to sleep until it occurs. The Scriptures are, however, not clear as to when this new order is to be established. Jesus’ promise to the thief (“today you will be with me in paradise”) suggests an immediate transition. Paul seems to have held a similar view, although in his description of the return of Christ he notes that the dead will be raised to life at the sound of the last trumpet. Paul believed that the return of Christ was imminent. In the teaching of both Jesus and Paul there is a retention of the unity of the body, soul, and spirit, although the resurrection body has different dimensions from the one occupied in time.

The early church fathers held to the resurrection view of death, although Origen accepted the Platonic view. Tertullian was the first to propose a purgatory, in which prejudgment was to occur before the doomsday judgment. Augustine supported this view, which in time became the doctrine of the church. Interestingly enough, the doctrine is in accord with the Greek Platonic view instead of the apocalyptic view of Jesus and Paul. It was made the official doctrine of the Roman Catholic Church by the Council of Trent.

The Protestant view as set forth by Luther and Calvin denied the existence of purgatory and affirmed the reality of the resurrection. Protestant doctrinal positions are either vague or do not speak to the whereabouts of the soul from death until the resurrection, at which time the destiny of every soul to life or death will be decreed.

Dying. Every person comes to the knowledge that death is final and inevitable. When this realization occurs, whether in the process of meditating on one’s life, when faced with imminent death, or when a loved one dies, there is the development of what is known as death anxiety. Death anxiety is separate and distinct from general anxiety. It occurs when it is impossible to discern the meaning of death.

There is extensive literature on this subject. The data are at times confusing because studies relating religiosity to death anxiety report conflicting results. Most of the reports do show a correlation between Christian faith and a reduction of death anxiety. The primary instruments used to determine the role of religion in reducing or increasing death anxiety are religiosity scales; that is, the stronger the faith of the person, the less the anxiety. Christians who are very religious, as evidenced by frequent church attendance and being born again, have less death anxiety. A critical study, however, reveals that spirituality, not religiosity, is a primary factor in reducing death anxiety. The terminally ill, mentally ill, and aged do not have more death anxiety than those who are not ill or aged, although one author reported less anxiety in highly religious, terminally ill persons. Those who are likely to have high levels are uninvolved with life with no well-defined purpose in life and those who are highly motivated to achievement.

Muslims and Jews tend to have less death anxiety if they have a strong faith and practice it.

Death anxiety can progress to a despair of death, one of the existential predicaments that human beings must face. Despair of death occurs if a person cannot discern meaning when he or she examines his or her life and then contemplates his or her certain death. Such despair can be a moment or a way of life.

A Classical View: Why Do People Commit Crimes?

People commit crimes because that is what they want to do. Criminal behavior is a matter of choices. Today, there are many excuses cloaked as reasons for criminal behavior. The misguided nature of these assertions has a serious impact upon crime control strategies. The classical approach to crime control strategies deals with direct intervention tactics. Law enforcement, within this rubric, takes an aggressive posture toward criminal acts. The delayed tactics of a reactionary position is relegated to the illusion of rehabilitation. In the classical view, deviance and crime are addressed in a proactive manner. This strives to be consistent with both legal and social aspects of constraint. Deviant behavior in the form of criminal activity must necessitate a punitive approach to behavior. Such an approach must come with speed, precision and certainty. For control sanctions to work, the systems of justice must work decisively. The attendant criminal justice systems must be capable of deploying the necessary resources. From an historic perspective, the classical school of criminology is often overlooked as a viable crime prevention strategy.

All available scientific, forensic and technical resources should press full force behind a more classical approach to criminology. This effort should be applied within the context of modern times. Following a doctrine of “psychological hedonism”, the classical approach holds that people choose freely among alternatives of behavior. In this view, the perpetrator plans his or her criminal behavior before carrying out his or her actions. The individual creates the basis for their departure from socially, morally or legally sanctioned aspects of behavior. A person calculates the “pain versus the pleasure of an act”, or the gain minus the risk of doing a certain thing. Not unlike the rest of us, the perpetrator carries out his or her conduct as a result of personal calculations. Such acts of deviance stem from the pleasure being greater than the risk. In other words, they want to take something that someone else has. Criminals want the shortest distance between two points. The implication of the doctrine is that the societal reaction to crime should be the administration of a measured amount of pain. The general proposition of the classical school is that it is necessary to make undesirable acts painful. Attaching punishment is crucial to making an impact on behavior. Likewise, punishment requires re-education, so that criminals learn through painful costly consequence such behavior is counterproductive.

Accountability and responsibility are attached in definite ways, so the perceived loss will exceed the gain. Since the punishment must be one that can be calculated, it must be the same for all individuals. No one is excused regardless of age, mentality, social or economic status, political influence or other self-indulgent conditions. People are held in absolute accountability to the actions they choose. Deterrence and moral retribution replace rehabilitation. Preventing criminal behavior before it happens is part of the overall strategy of crime control objectives. This perspective presupposes that people will take advantage of opportunities. Since people freely decide their course of conduct, rapid societal interdiction is necessary. A concept of “free-will” criminology is necessary to ensure society does not disintegrate due to an obsession with behavioral excuses. Behavior is influenced by a decision-making process that relies on consequences. As such, so is criminal behavior.

The motivation to commit acts of criminal behavior relate to basic internal desires of control, dominance, anger, revenge and display of personally perceived inadequacy. A quadrangle of self-motivated thinking transpires. Desire, opportunity, ability and gain merge to formulate the strategy of motivation. A multi-dimensional realm within the mind transforms into an outer expression of exploitation. As such, our crime control strategies and tactics must consider the inherent motivation of the criminal. The inherent motivation is the subjugation of another person for personal gain. Approaches based on hasty generalizations and politically correct agendas are counterproductive to the health, safety and welfare of the community. We must consider what the individual criminal is like. He or she is not much different than the rest of us. Except that the criminal prefers “the short cut” in stead of the legitimate way of doing things. Forget about the pseudo-scientific approaches that come up with impressive labels and complex diagnoses. And, forget about the short-term fads or fetishes of quick fixes for long-term problems. Fancy theoretical constructs do not solve crime. Instead, determined and dedicated hard working police officers do. They are the ones who solve criminal behavior issues affecting society. They do this through the collective interaction of public support and involvement. Not by politicians, media hype, fad or fiction.

People commit crimes as part of a selfish desire to get something for nothing. Their “private logic” focuses on their alleged “suffering” at the hands of an insensitive and cruel world. They selfishly desire to take advantage of opportunities, exploit their prurient interests, and assert their abilities. All this is done based on their individual capabilities to get what they think is rightfully theirs. The criminal is not a victim of society. Neither is he or she forced into a position of disadvantage by others. Criminals refuse to accept responsibility and accountability for their behavior. When caught, they are quick to puppet excuses the social sciences, the media and politicians have preconceived for them. Criminals develop their thinking processes on the basis of “being owed” something. His or her behavior becomes connected to what they believe is “entitlement”.

Personal choice dominates the motives of individual actions. We think, we fantasize and we act according to our underlying belief system. Through a process of rational conscious thought, we select the temptations of preference. Regardless of what comes into us from external sources, we pick what we want. We employ our learning history to do things we conjure in our own minds. Such is the rational process by which we pick and select the course of action we take. In a kind of “economic view” of the world, people balance the risks, or the costs, involved in doing a certain act. Upon validation that the “benefit” outweighs the cost, we decide to act. Then again, we might decide not to act. Crime, in a sense, holds a seductive quality and grips our attention. We are mesmerized by the darkness in the balance between good and evil. Good and evil is simply picture thinking about the scope of human nature. For some, crime pays, until caught. At the very least, we calculate a “pain versus pleasure” reality.

References:

1. Jeffery, C. R., Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design, (Beverly Hills: Sage Publications, 1971), page 24;

2. Samenow, E. S., Inside the Criminal Mind, (New York: Crown Business, 1984), pgs. 20-22;

3. Schmalleger, F., Criminology Today – An Integrative Introduction – Fourth Edition, (Upper Saddle River: Pearson-Prentice Hall, 2006), page 118-119;

When writing stand up comedy, consider the point of view you use in your stand up act. Comedy writers who use different characters are completely into the character point of view and comedians who use observations use the narrator point of view. However, most comics tend to use a variety of all three points of view.

The following exercise can improve your success at writing stand up comedy because you will learn to utilize the three points of view through four different stages. In stage one, you will be you as yourself in an argument. In stage two, you will become the other person using the you as other character point of view in the argument. In stage three, you will argue back and forth between the other character and you. In stage four, you will use all three points of view for writing stand up comedy. In particular, you will use yourself as the narrator to set the scene and make remarks throughout while the you and other characters point of views are arguing back and forth.

As a setup for this exercise, here are some guidelines to follow:

• You must create an argument between you and another adult.

• The other adult needs to be someone you can personify because you will only be this other adult in stage two.

• You must argue standing face to face.

• Multiple problems need to be included so that the argument will last for three to four minutes.

To help ensure the success of this exercise and writing stand up comedy, base this argument on a real argument that you have had. You do not need to reenact the exact argument, rather use it as a beginning point to get you started. Have fun and let the argument become whatever you want it to. You can even use this as an opportunity to say all those things that you wish you had said before.

Just as a caution, try not to use a recent argument or one that is close to your heart. This exercise is meant as a tool for learning and writing stand up comedy, not to analyze your life.

Using these guidelines, choose your argument. Now that you have chosen your argument and understand the different roles, you can get started with the exercise. One more thing; you may want to have a pencil and paper handy for notes. Successfully writing stand up comedy depends on many factors and choosing an effective point of view is a crucial consideration.

Having a TV to look at or some music on is what keeps most people focused and allows them to hammer out their treadmill workout. The problem is that you can’t always fit the machine where the TV is or you don’t have the money to buy another set just for the purpose of working out. The Epic View 550 Treadmill takes care of that and more!

You are lucky to find an affordable treadmill with a place to hold your music player, let alone plug it in. The Epic View 550 Treadmill provides a docking station and also features an Intermix Acoustic Sound System that will provide you with listening pleasure that you would expect out of a high end stereo system. You also get your own 7″ flat screen TV for your viewing pleasure.

Epic does not lose their focus on your bodies necessities either. They not only keep your mind comfortable with entertainment, they provide your joints with plenty of relief as the View 550 is fitted with ComfortStride cushioning so your knees and ankles won’t be the worse for wear as you pound out all those miles.

The Epic View 550 is set to go with 28 workout programs focusing on weight loss, aerobic and performance goals. You are sure to stay in your desired workout zone with the dual-grip PowerPulse heart monitor. Regardless of your workout, you have to make sure you make it effective, put these two features together and you will hit your goals before you know it.

In regards to the warranty, Epic stands behind this product just like they do all of their products with a 12 year motor and 1 year parts and labor warranty.

The Epic View 550 Treadmill seems to be a popular choice among many people with positive reviews on Amazon and some of the other various fitness forums. Because there is no one size fits all treadmill, I encourage you to do your research so that you can be happy with your treadmill in the end.

Bernard Hopkins just took a portion of the light heavyweight belt from Antonio Tarver in a one-sided beating in Atlantic City. Hopkins proves again that he is one of the better fighters in boxing history.

On the same night, Miguel Cotto defeated Paul Malignaggi to keep his share of the belt in the junior welterweight division in a rugged bout at Madison Square Garden in New York.

Question. How many people know these bouts took place? How many people watched this live? Overall, not many.

Boxing is a sport that usually costs quite a bit of dough to see live. Tickets often range from $30 or $40 to upward of $2,500. Thus, most people are pushed out and see it on television.

To make matters worse, most “non-pay” television networks like ABC or CBS have basically stopped showing boxing. Cable channels like ESPN, HBO or Showtime have stepped in and have become the big boxing providers of the day. HBO in particular is legendary in the boxing community. The network has shown and still shows the biggest fights year after year. This has helped the sport as HBO is the biggest pay network. However, nothing is like “free” television.

Unfortunately, another creature has stepped into this. It is known as “Pay-Per-View.”

Of course, “Pay-Per-View” was a concept that would promote the best of everything. That was how it started out. People would lay down their hard-earned dollars for “premium” events. As usual, time is always on the side of the vultures and the quality of these events is today anywhere from mediocre to disastrous. The Hopkins-Tarver fight was $50. The Cotto-Malinaggi fight was $40. Too much.

Worse, various promoters have labeled people as “suckers” for buying events that did not work out too well. Guys like promoters Bob Arum and Don King just shrug when people complain they’ve gotten taken.

PPV events are very clever in that they build-up the main event and put less and less into the undercard which for any true boxing fan is a big deal. Therefore, less money is paid to the undercard fighters and more goes into the promoter’s pockets. Fans? Yes, you get screwed again. The undercard will often have washed-up fighters or a sideshow like “Butterbean” who is(was) “King of the Four-Rounders.” Female fights will sometimes be thrown into the PPV madness due to the fact female fighters, with rare exception, make less money than their male counterparts. In some cases, a title fight will be between guys from a very low weight-class since they are paid less. Such fighters could “head-butt” you in the street and you would have no idea who they are.

Obviously money is being made. But at what cost? Less and less people are being exposed to boxing because of PPV. Basically, the hard-core fan is shelling out more and more. And only the few are making dollars off of this concept. Tons of fighters are not even known because many of the big fights are going to PPV. Again, no exposure from CBS, ABC or FOX. Anyway, how many boxers get to fight on PPV? Not many.

HBO is now heavily involved in the PPV concept. Basically, they show the main event from the PPV telecast on their channel the following week, but no undercard. So, it seems a lot of people just wait the following week to see the event.

Boxing was once among the elite of all sports. Now it is without question a “niche” sport. Bad promotions, limited access to major networks, high-costs and now, Pay-Per-View, is limiting its exposure to the masses of people. Too bad because on a good night it can compete against any other sport in the world in terms of build-up, excitement, drama and ferocity. Hopefully, PPV will slowly get back to their original intentions-great main events with a solid undercard at a reasonable cost. $50? See ya.

The three paradigms of sociology all view the acts of crime and devience differently. Firstly, the social conflict theory, many people believe that those who commit crimes are usually of the lower economic class. People do not want to believe that those who are wealthy and seem to posses more power could do anything outside the boundaries of the law. They also feel that if someone who is wealthy does commit a crime they will get off because of their social class. Society does not want to believe that everyone is capable of committing crimes. They want to believe that only those of certain economic class’s are going to do wrong, it makes it easier for society to ‘peg’ offenders.

Structural Functionalists believe that society consist of parts (in this case law enforcement and criminals) each of which have their own functions. It is the criminals function to commit crime, and it is the law enforcements duty to catch the perpetraters of the crime, and then it is the judicial systems job to prosecute the criminal. Without the criminal, the law enforcement officer, the lawyers who prosecuted and defended the criminal, as well as the judge would have no purpose in our society. Thus meaning, that our society would not be stable and functioning.

Symbolic interactionism examines how individuals and groups interact, focusing on the creation of personal identity through interactions with others. Symbolic interactionism presumes that criminals are criminals because of the group they interact with or peer pressure. They feel someone they came across in life helped them choose the path they went down (crime) by some form of “pressure”. Symbolic Interactionism pretty much states, you are who you are friends with, if you are friends with bad people you yourself will be bad, or if you are friends with good people you yourself will be good.